Council going into a $4.6B LRT decision not knowing when its $2.1B decision will bear fruit

City council is under financial and political pressure this week to approve $4.6 billion more in LRT spending while not knowing if a $2.1-billion investment of government money will produce a decent transit system.
The city didn’t want to be in this position, asking council to ink Stage 2 deals to expand the rail network without having Stage 1 up and running.
But it’s going to happen Wednesday, and councillors have to decide if they have enough faith in much of the current LRT infras